I created this blog to chronicle my progress on the P90X fitness program. If my experience helps you out that is great but like most things I do I have selfish reasons. I figure if I blog my progress here and distribute this to various people then I am less likely to cheat or not complete the program.
Since I did P90X this has evolved into more of a general fitness blog but may still be useful to some. The P90X stuff is still here but lately I am doing crossfit.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Day 2, Plyometrics Again

I really like this workout. This thing is hard as hell but it is a lot of fun and you never stop moving. I felt better with it this time than I did when we tried it last week. I assume that is due to knowing what was coming and how to do the different exercises. The first time through I had to spend some time at the beginning of each figuring out what to do. Sarah did really good this morning as well and we had a good time. thank god we did not have to do the Ab workout again today.

It feels like I got a better workout yesterday than I had originally thought. My chest and back are pretty sore, which feels good considering I was not getting that with my gym workout the last couple of weeks even as I was increasing my weight. I was also surprised that my stomach muscles are pretty sore; based on how little of the Ab Ripper X workout we were able to do I thought we had not really gotten a very good workout in but I was wrong. Sarah is a little more sore than I am I think but still doing well and is eating more than she had been which is good. I am going to start adding my food to these things so I have a record of what I ate in case I decide to do this again, or for anyone who wants to see what the nutrition plan is like. Initially the food seemed like a lot but I have not had trouble eating it and I have not been hungry, although I can tell when I need to eat again.

Post Workout:

Whey Protein (26 grams Protein GNC 100% Whey in skim milk)

Creatine (5 grams in water)

Breakfast:

Oatmeal (1 cup)

1 banana

Snack:

2 slices Swiss cheese (should be low fat but is not)

Lunch:

Island Pork Tenderloin Salad (pretty big salad with a ton of meat on it. recipe is in the nutrition guide)